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Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky is, unfortunately, a tedious, though visually beautiful film by a great director. Alexander Nevsky is a patriotic Russian prince of the fifteenth century who drives out the Teutonic Knights, and the whole film is a transparent Russian nationalist allegory for the Second World War consisting almost entirely of battle scenes. For the first twenty minutes the sight of these elaborately armored and cross bedecked knights fighting in the snow seems breathtaking, but the effect soon wears off and cannot sustain the last two hours. Eisenstein made this film to please Stalin, making it possible...
What makes the win so incredible is the fact that Princeton, a perennial tennis powerhouse, was fielding one of its best teams ever. Ranked no lower than fifteenth in the nation throughout the year, the Tigers had beaten Miami, North Carolina and Texas and had lost a close match to Stanford. "They're one of the absolute top teams in the United States," Barnaby said. "It's like beating Ohio State in football...
...Fifteenth-ranked Harvard opens its Ivy League schedule on Friday, meeting Penn on the astroturf at Franklin Field. The Quakers are currently ranked ninth in the country. "We missed a lot of opportunities today," coach Scalise said after the Bowdoin game. "To beat Penn we're going to have to score in those situations...
Both Radcliffe breaststrokers placed high in the standings. In the 50 yard event, Carol Moore nabbed thirteenth in 35:76 and Nancy Danoff splashed to sixteenth with the stop watch at 35:97. Moore also finished fifteenth in the 100--yard breaststroke...
...fifteenth-ranked Tigers will not come as a highly recommended restorative for the ailing Crimson...